VirtualBox on ArchLinuxARM

Hi.

I wonder if it's possible to run VirtualBox on ArchLinuxARM. I checked and it's not available on the official packages. If so, would the current ARM devices, such as Raspberry PI or CubieBoard, be enough to virtualize a windows environment?

Re: VirtualBox on ArchLinuxARM

No.Virtual Machines are not emulators. They create an artificial machine that creates simulated I/O, *but* the programs themselves run native code directly on the host processor. Emulators, on the other hand, simulate the guest CPU.

Also, be aware, these forums are not the right place to be looking for ArcLinuxARM help; that is a different distribution by a different organization.

Last edited by ewaller (2013-05-14 04:50:27)

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Re: VirtualBox on ArchLinuxARM

FWIW, qemu can emulate architectures other than what it is running on, although performance in these setups is... lacking.... I would be surprised if you could get Windows to run in any usable way under it.

Re: VirtualBox on ArchLinuxARM

ewaller wrote:

No.Virtual Machines are not emulators. They create an artificial machine that creates simulated I/O, *but* the programs themselves run native code directly on the host processor. Emulators, on the other hand, simulate the guest CPU.

Re: VirtualBox on ArchLinuxARM

As far as I understand, the latest windows version (windows rt) runs on ARM, so virtualization should work.

That makes my head swim

Perhaps -- If you want to run Windows 8 RT, and if Virtualbox is available for Arch ARM and if you can deal with all of the restricted boot issues.

On a related note, I actually saw Windows 8 in the wild yesterday for the first time. My mom always taught me that if you cannot say something nice, don't say anything at all. Full stop.

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